Latin, school and you.

[Brazen]

No school in their right mind will teach Latin in HK.  We spend a huge amount of resources in teaching English and we still get very uneven results.  We need to make sure that everybody are fluent in both Chinese and English before we worry about obscure languages.

Does anyone study Old Chinese or Middle Chinese as an equivalent classical language?

[Richard Hakluyt]

Spanish instruction is very poor in Texas, which I find sorta funny in a sad way, so it would probably be a total disaster if they made it mandatory.  Not to mention politically unlikely.  But I think you could justify doing so here.

It would probably help a bit if Texas actually hired Spanish teachers that, you know, actually spoke Spanish.  But we know how Texas feels about minority/ethnic hiring.  Damned Mexicans taking our jobs.

Ethnic quotas for foreign language teachers!

What could possibly go wrong  ?

[Capetan Mihali]

6 years, 4-5 hours a week. Combined with Dutch, English, German, French and Ancient Greek, it was heavy going. Well worth it, though.

What the hell kind of school were you going to??

[CountDeMoney]

It would probably help a bit if Texas actually hired Spanish teachers that, you know, actually spoke Spanish.  But we know how Texas feels about minority/ethnic hiring.  Damned Mexicans taking our jobs.

Ethnic quotas for foreign language teachers!

What could possibly go wrong  ?

Don't mess with Texas.

[Razgovory]

I had enough trouble with French - why would I try and learn latin?

You have the benefit of having a foreign language under your belt for college applications without anyone expecting you to actually speak it.  You take German and someone might say "hey, you speak Deutschlander, what did those two fucking Nazis just say?", and you'd be expected to translate.  With Latin, this doesn't come up very often.  The closest I can think of  is "Hey, you speak Latin, what did that guy dressed as Roman Legionary say?", to which you can reply.  "That's just Cal, he's not speaking Latin, he's just drunk off his ass and playing dress up".

[garbon]

I had enough trouble with French - why would I try and learn latin?

You have the benefit of having a foreign language under your belt for college applications without anyone expecting you to actually speak it.  You take German and someone might say "hey, you speak Deutschlander, what did those two fucking Nazis just say?", and you'd be expected to translate.  With Latin, this doesn't come up very often.  The closest I can think of  is "Hey, you speak Latin, what did that guy dressed as Roman Legionary say?", to which you can reply.  "That's just Cal, he's not speaking Latin, he's just drunk off his ass and playing dress up".

I don't recall anyone asking me to speak Spanish to them either.

[Razgovory]

Maybe people just don't expect much from you.

[garbon]

Maybe people just don't expect much from you.

I think it's more like the fact that many colleges don't actually have an interview process - so there isn't really going to be anyone checking your speaking skills unless you are trying to use them to place out of a language requirement.

[crazy canuck]

The only Latin I learned was in Law School.

[Eddie Teach]

It would probably help a bit if Texas actually hired Spanish teachers that, you know, actually spoke Spanish.  But we know how Texas feels about minority/ethnic hiring.  Damned Mexicans taking our jobs.

Be a good career opportunity for Tim and Jaron. Oh, wait, never mind.

[MadImmortalMan]

I didn't have the option. Took Spanish.

[clandestino]

chose the last option, although there should be an option of "No, but I can pick some words here and there since I speak a latin language".

[stjaba]

7 years of Latin from 6th grade to 11th grade.  I have forgotten 98% of it. Wish I had taken Spanish instead.

[Maladict]

6 years, 4-5 hours a week. Combined with Dutch, English, German, French and Ancient Greek, it was heavy going. Well worth it, though.

What the hell kind of school were you going to??

Dutch equivalent of grammar school, I suppose. Dutch, English, one other modern language and one ancient language were mandatory.

[garbon]

6 years, 4-5 hours a week. Combined with Dutch, English, German, French and Ancient Greek, it was heavy going. Well worth it, though.

What the hell kind of school were you going to??

Dutch equivalent of grammar school, I suppose. Dutch, English, one other modern language and one ancient language were mandatory.

Intense but pretty cool.